give priority

idiom

: to deal with or do (something) first

These problems are important and should be given priority (over others).

—often + to

Give priority to the people who have been waiting the longest.

Examples of give priority in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

With the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research and Education Act of 2000, Congress directed the NIH to conduct and support research with respect to minority health conditions and other populations with health disparities and to give priority to this kind of research. —Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 2 Apr. 2025

The White House understandably wants to elevate many of those voices (many of which are pro-Trump), while the WHCA understandably wants to give priority to journalists that cover the administration day in and day out priority. —Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 31 Mar. 2025

Fed Chairman Jerome Powell and colleagues at the Federal Reserve Board continue to give priority to fighting inflation, providing a reassuring presence. —Arthur I. Cyr, Chicago Tribune, 12 Feb. 2025

By law, however, El Paso had to give priority to state detainees, including those arrested under Operation Lone Star. —Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025

Rhymes for give priority

• authority
• majority
• minority
• seniority
• sonority
• sorority
• exteriority
• inferiority
• superiority